diff --git a/libraries/fltk/README b/libraries/fltk/README
index da8079462e..9917a85291 100644
--- a/libraries/fltk/README
+++ b/libraries/fltk/README
@@ -8,6 +8,6 @@ currently maintained by a small group of developers across
 the world with a central repository in the US.
 
 It is compiled with --enable-shared, --enable-threads,
- --enable-xdbe, --enable-xft, --enable-gl and
- --enable-xinerama.
+ --enable-largefile, --enable-xdbe, --enable-xft, --enable-gl
+ and --enable-xinerama.
 
diff --git a/libraries/fltk/fltk.SlackBuild b/libraries/fltk/fltk.SlackBuild
index 531aab5e77..6bce4e2dc4 100644
--- a/libraries/fltk/fltk.SlackBuild
+++ b/libraries/fltk/fltk.SlackBuild
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 # Slackware build script for fltk
 
-# Copyright 2006  LukenShiro <lukenshiro@ngi.it>
+# Copyright 2006-2009  LukenShiro <lukenshiro@ngi.it>
 # All rights reserved.
 #
 # Redistribution and use of this script, with or without modification, is
@@ -22,14 +22,12 @@
 # OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF
 # ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 
-# Exit on most errors
-set -e
-
 PRGNAM=fltk
 VERSION=1.1.9
 ARCH=${ARCH:-i486}
-BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
+BUILD=${BUILD:-2}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
+
 CWD=$(pwd)
 TMP=${TMP:-/tmp/SBo}
 PKG=$TMP/package-$PRGNAM
@@ -39,10 +37,17 @@ DOCFILES="ANNOUNCEMENT CHANGES COPYING CREDITS README"
 
 if [ "$ARCH" = "i486" ]; then
   SLKCFLAGS="-O2 -march=i486 -mtune=i686"
+  LIBDIRSUFFIX=""
 elif [ "$ARCH" = "i686" ]; then
   SLKCFLAGS="-O2 -march=i686 -mtune=i686"
+  LIBDIRSUFFIX=""
+elif [ "$ARCH" = "x86_64" ]; then
+  SLKCFLAGS="-O2 -fPIC"
+  LIBDIRSUFFIX="64"
 fi
 
+set -e
+
 rm -rf $PKG
 mkdir -p $TMP $PKG $OUTPUT
 cd $TMP
@@ -52,27 +57,36 @@ cd $PRGNAM-$VERSION
 chown -R root:root .
 chmod -R u+w,go+r-w,a-s .
 
+# Fix linking when --libdir=/usr/lib64 
+sed -i \
+  -e '/RANLIB/s:$(libdir)/\(.*LIBNAME)\):$(libdir)/`basename \1`:g' \
+  src/Makefile || exit
+
 # --docdir seems to be ignored
 CFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
 CXXFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
 ./configure \
   --prefix=/usr \
   --sysconfdir=/etc \
+  --libdir=/usr/lib${LIBDIRSUFFIX} \
   --localstatedir=/var \
   --mandir=/usr/man \
   --enable-gl \
+  --enable-largefile \
   --enable-shared \
   --enable-threads \
   --enable-xinerama \
   --enable-xft \
   --enable-xdbe 
-                     
+
 make
 make install DESTDIR=$PKG
 
 ( cd $PKG
-  find . | xargs file | grep "executable" | grep ELF | cut -f 1 -d : | xargs strip --strip-unneeded 2> /dev/null
-  find . | xargs file | grep "shared object" | grep ELF | cut -f 1 -d : | xargs strip --strip-unneeded 2> /dev/null
+  find . | xargs file | grep "executable" | grep ELF | cut -f 1 -d : | \
+    xargs strip --strip-unneeded 2> /dev/null
+  find . | xargs file | grep "shared object" | grep ELF | cut -f 1 -d : | \
+    xargs strip --strip-unneeded 2> /dev/null
 )
 
 ( cd $PKG/usr/man
diff --git a/libraries/fltk/fltk.info b/libraries/fltk/fltk.info
index 2e9cb60dc0..bb7b4aaccb 100644
--- a/libraries/fltk/fltk.info
+++ b/libraries/fltk/fltk.info
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@ DOWNLOAD="ftp://ftp.rz.tu-bs.de/pub/mirror/ftp.easysw.com/ftp/pub/fltk/1.1.9/flt
 MD5SUM="e146fd264e1001b1313acfd41ef75552"
 MAINTAINER="LukenShiro"
 EMAIL="lukenshiro@ngi.it"
-APPROVED="Erik Hanson"
\ No newline at end of file
+APPROVED="dsomero,michiel"